Search - Santa Claus: The Movie [Fullscreen] on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1985 DVD Release: 08/29/2000 Format: DVD Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 48 mins Studio: Anchor Bay Members Wishing: 6 Genres: Fantasy, Children's/Family, Children's Fantasy, Family-Oriented Adventure, Holiday Film See Also: Santa Claus: The Movie [Widescreen], Santa Claus: The Movie [20th Anniversary Edition], Santa Claus: The Movie [Widescreen]

After introducing how Santa and Mrs. Claus came to the North Pole and began their work delivering toys at Christmas time, this routine children's film segues into a story about an evil corporate magnate (John Lithgow). One of Santa's elves (Dudley Moore) goes to work for the nasty tycoon and invents a wild array of far-out toys. Then there is a little boy who does not believe in Santa Claus and a girl who finds out about the toymaker's plans to defraud his company. Santa's reindeer are a little under the weather, not to mention Santa himself. This labyrinth of subplots quickly draws attention away from the story, wherever it is. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

David Huddleston - Santa Claus
Dudley Moore - Patch
John Lithgow - B.Z.
Judy Cornwell - Anya Claus
Christian Fitzpatrick - Joe

Jeannot Szwarc's Santa Claus: The Movie comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that fails to preserve the original theatrical aspect ratio of the film. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. There are no subtitles, but the soundtrack is closed-captioned. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by Szwarc and Michael Bosco, a making-of featurette, trailers, and biographies. This is a fine disc for what it is, but a different edition of the film is available with the same extras and a widescreen transfer. That version is preferable to this one. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide